December 18, 1998

Bioethics Panel Criticizes Federal Rules on Research Subjects

By PAULETTE WALKER CAMPBELL

Echoing the findings of several government panels, a group of experts has concluded that people who participate in medical experiments are not adequately protected from the risks involved in the research.

In the December 9 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, the Human Research Ethics Group criticized as outdated the federal regulations designed to insure the safety of people who volunteer

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